Reference Librarian and Legal Research Instructor

LIBRARY SERVICE Serves as a Library liaison to provide direct, personalized services to assigned faculty, including but not limited to conducting legal research, training student Research Assistants, identifying new resources, and maintaining current awareness services. Provides research consultations and resource training to students, faculty, staff, and visitors via in-person meetings, email, and phone. Manages electronic Research Guide global organization, adds and removes resources as needed, implements enhancements for increased access and efficiency, and creates and updates guides to support the Law School curriculum. Trains law school staff on the use of LibGuides. Bridges resources and user experience by creating user guides and other instructional resources pertaining to databases and other library materials. Creates and updates instructional videos to support the Law School curriculum. Serves as the Law Library representative on the Law School Orientation Committee, including coordinating the content of the new student folders and the creation and dissemination of the Law Library brochure. Serves actively in Law Library and Law School committees as well as professional organizations at national, regional, section, and local levels in order to contribute to the profession, grow professionally, and stay abreast of current law library trends. Collaborates with the University Library to enhance Law Library services and collections. INSTRUCTION Designs, prepares, and teaches a maximum of two courses in the Law School curriculum per academic year: either two sections in the first-year legal research program or two sections of the advanced legal research class. Conducts student assessment. Guest lectures in the advanced legal research class, clinics, and other Law School courses, as well as the Professional Development and Externship programs. Supports faculty instruction through creation of targeted research guides, course material suggestions, and sharing of assessment tools and resources customized to the faculty member’s course content and structure. Participates in the Law School Professional Development program by serving as an academic advisor to assigned students. ELECTRONIC RESOURCES Serves as backup to the Head of Digital Initiatives to manage access to Law Library online resources. Assists with the development, growth, and maintenance of the Law Library’s digital faculty scholarship, journals, and archival platforms. Assists with keeping the Law Library database list current. WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE Serves as backup to the Head of Digital Initiatives to work with The Law School Director of Communication and Marketing to edit and update the Law School website. COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT Participates actively in developing and maintaining the content of the Law Library’s collection through regular review of electronic and print resources, including, but not limited to, GreenSlips. Recommends new collection areas and specific materials for purchase to support expanding faculty research and teaching interests through review of the following: subject-specific book and article reviews, listerv postings, subject or practice-type publication notifications and existing guides compiled by subject-matter experts, among other resources. PUBLIC RELATIONS Serves as an active member of the Law Library Public Relations Committee OTHER Perform other duties and assist with projects as assigned. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job